Volume 14 - Issue 10 - October, 2006
Industry Insider
06/19/2008
Mercy Unveils State-of-the-Art Cath Lab in ER
Mercy again leads nation in acute heart care with complete cardiac catheterization lab in its emergency department
Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio, has established a state-of-the-art...
Mercy Unveils State-of-the-Art Cath Lab in ER
Mercy again leads nation in acute heart care with complete cardiac catheterization lab in its emergency department
Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio, has established a state-of-the-art...
Mercy Unveils State-of-the-Art...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Hands-off Defibrillation
There is a recent push to go to "hands-off" defibrillation for employee safety. Are your cath labs using paddles or patches for when defibrillation of a patient is required? Thanks.
Karyn Hembree, RN, BSN, CCRN
Cox...
Hands-off Defibrillation
There is a recent push to go to "hands-off" defibrillation for employee safety. Are your cath labs using paddles or patches for when defibrillation of a patient is required? Thanks.
Karyn Hembree, RN, BSN, CCRN
Cox...
Hands-off Defibrillation
There...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Questions are answered by:
Jason Wilson, RCIS
Ellis Hospital Clinical Instructor
Schenectady, New York
Questions are answered by:
Jason Wil...
Arlene,
Good question. I had this same question myself and hadn’t researched it yet. I referred your question to the SICP Standards Committee and Ken Gorski, RN, RCIS, FSICP, committee chair and assistant manager, Sones Cardiac...
Arlene,
Good question. I had this same question myself and hadn’t researched it yet. I referred your question to the SICP Standards Committee and Ken Gorski, RN, RCIS, FSICP, committee chair and assistant manager, Sones Cardiac...
Arlene,
Good question. I had...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Halsey Bagg, MSHS, CHE, Director Cardiology Services,
St. Elizabeth Medical Center; Co-Coordinator,
Mohawk Valley Heart Institute, Utica, New York
Halsey Bagg, MSHS, CHE, Director Card...
There is a lot of buzz circulating about RFID right now. What is RFID and how does it help hospitals and, specifically, cath labs? Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is a means of identifying a specific object through the use of a...
There is a lot of buzz circulating about RFID right now. What is RFID and how does it help hospitals and, specifically, cath labs? Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is a means of identifying a specific object through the use of a...
There is a lot of buzz...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
James Guillory, RT, (R), (CV) is the Clinical Manager in the cardiac catheterization lab at the Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, La. Tray LaCombe, BSRT, (R) is a Staff Technologist CCL/Specials/EP at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center.
James Guillory, RT, (R), (CV) is the ...
The iLearn IVUS Education Series from Boston Scientific is an innovative and unique education concept that builds knowledge and confidence to incorporate intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) into daily practice. Designed for physicians, fellows,...
The iLearn IVUS Education Series from Boston Scientific is an innovative and unique education concept that builds knowledge and confidence to incorporate intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) into daily practice. Designed for physicians, fellows,...
The iLearn IVUS Education Series...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Ellis Hospital Clinical Instructor,
Schenectady, New York
Ellis Hospital Clinical Instructor,
S...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I like the challenge and the responsibility that comes with treating cardiac patients. I first saw a cath lab as an EMT when I had to bring my patients. I saw what went on and I...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I like the challenge and the responsibility that comes with treating cardiac patients. I first saw a cath lab as an EMT when I had to bring my patients. I saw what went on and I...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Full text is available on www.invasivecardiology.com
Safety of Percutaneous Left Heart Catheterization Directly Performed by Cardiology Fellows: A Cohort Analysis
Pierfrancesco Agostoni, MD, Maurizio Anselmi, MD, Gabriele Gasparini, MD, et...
Full text is available on www.invasivecardiology.com
Safety of Percutaneous Left Heart Catheterization Directly Performed by Cardiology Fellows: A Cohort Analysis
Pierfrancesco Agostoni, MD, Maurizio Anselmi, MD, Gabriele Gasparini, MD, et...
Full text is available on...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Halsey Bagg, MSHS, CHE, Director Cardiology Services,
St. Elizabeth Medical Center; Co-Coordinator,
Mohawk Valley Heart Institute, Utica, New York
Halsey Bagg, MSHS, CHE, Director Card...
There is a lot of buzz circulating about RFID right now. What is RFID and how does it help hospitals and, specifically, cath labs? Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is a means of identifying a specific object through the use of a...
There is a lot of buzz circulating about RFID right now. What is RFID and how does it help hospitals and, specifically, cath labs? Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is a means of identifying a specific object through the use of a...
There is a lot of buzz...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Hands-off Defibrillation
There is a recent push to go to "hands-off" defibrillation for employee safety. Are your cath labs using paddles or patches for when defibrillation of a patient is required? Thanks.
Karyn Hembree, RN, BSN, CCRN
Cox...
Hands-off Defibrillation
There is a recent push to go to "hands-off" defibrillation for employee safety. Are your cath labs using paddles or patches for when defibrillation of a patient is required? Thanks.
Karyn Hembree, RN, BSN, CCRN
Cox...
Hands-off Defibrillation
There...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief Cardiology
University of California Irvine
Orange, California
mortonkern005 @ hotmail. com
Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor
Clini...
At my hospital, [no relation to the university hospital], a scrub person assists in catheter/balloon/stent exchanges over the wire. A scrub person does pullbacks from the pulmonary artery, can and does perform LV grams, inserts sheaths in the...
At my hospital, [no relation to the university hospital], a scrub person assists in catheter/balloon/stent exchanges over the wire. A scrub person does pullbacks from the pulmonary artery, can and does perform LV grams, inserts sheaths in the...
At my hospital, [no relation to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
